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20th September 2019 | By [email protected]

Manchester youth strikes contribute to the global fight for climate justice

Young people from across Greater Manchester are contributing to the global fight for climate justice, taking another Friday off school and college to call for urgent government...

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19th September 2019 | By dave porter

Come and join the editorial team at the Northern Quota!

How would you like to write for the Northern Quota and join its editorial team? We’re looking for Man Met multimedia journalism students to sign...

3rd August 2019 | By [email protected]

Firearm amnesty rids pistols and machine guns from criminal contact

As a two-week firearms amnesty comes to an end,  hauls of arms handed in anonymously are being handled by police officers across Greater Manchester. In an...

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10th July 2019 | By [email protected]

Manchester Council declares Climate Emergency

Manchester City Councillors have put forward the notion to declare a climate emergency and achieve a carbon neutral city by 2038.  Member of Youth Parliament, Ishaa...

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4th July 2019 | By nq_admin

Manchester International Festival 2019: what to look out for

Taking place across 18 days Manchester International Festival features an array of  UK and world premieres from internationally-acclaimed artists from more than 20 countries. With...

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27th June 2019 | By [email protected]

‘1984 is not a user manual’ says Google whistleblower

Project Veritas, a Conservative investigative site founded by political activist James O’Keefe, has published a widely circulated video showing Google’s head of responsible innovation discussing...

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20th June 2019 | By Isaac Jordan

Bolton Council cuts budget for sexual health as STD numbers rise in England

Council documents discovered by the Northern Quota show that Bolton Council is cutting funding for its sexual health services by £331,827 from July.  Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, which...

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14th June 2019 | By Isaac Jordan

Grenfell Fire – two years on, but many buildings in Greater Manchester still have dangerous cladding

Today marks the two year anniversary of the Grenfell tower fire which tragically took the lives of 72 people and displaced multiple families out of their...

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13th June 2019 | By Isaac Jordan

‘We don’t want people to experience the same pain we did’: survivor of Grenfell Tower visits Salford residents being forced to pay for new cladding

Members of Grenfell United, the campaign group created by survivors of the Grenfell fire disaster, visited residents in Salford in solidarity over a row over...

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27th May 2019 | By R.McCourt

The Brexit Party and Labour top the poll in the Northwest in a night seeing smaller parties make significant gains

Just weeks after the results of the local council elections, the British public took to the polls one more time to elect MEP’s to the...

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24th May 2019 | By nq_admin

EU Elections 2019: a view from young people in the Netherlands

The European Elections are underway and over the next few days, citizens of the 28 EU member states will vote to elect members of the...

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24th May 2019 | By nq_admin

What do student voters in the Netherlands think of the EU elections?

UTRECHT voting from Northern Quota on Vimeo.

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24th May 2019 | By Kelsey Butler

First female mayor ever represents Oldham – and her deputy is a woman too!

Oldham is to get its first-ever female mayor  – and will be joined by another female councillor as her deputy to make it a historic...

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21st May 2019 | By j.sloan

Bolton author Matt Cain chats about his book being turned into Hollywood film despite initially being rejected by publishers

AFTER 12 years and more than 30 rejections from publishers, author Matt Cain had almost given up on getting his novel The Madonna of Bolton...

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20th May 2019 | By R.McCourt

LIVE : Man City victory parade through the city centre

 

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17th May 2019 | By [email protected]

Manchester Metropolitan University hosts EU debate ahead of next week’s EU parliamentary election

Manchester Metropolitan University hosted an EU debate ahead of next week’s EU parliamentary election. The debate, hosted by Manchester for Europe, was attended by representatives from...

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6th May 2019 | By Isaac Jordan

Gender equality improves in Salford local election

Voters have increased the number of female Councillors across the wards of Salford in the recent local election.  This comes as good news for gender equality as government data for...

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6th May 2019 | By Hanya Hassan

Places to visit during Ramadan

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar were Muslims fast from dawn till dusk, not only abstaining from food but from other discouraged...

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3rd May 2019 | By dave porter

Man arrested after Piccadilly Gardens cordoned off by police following reports of ‘suspicious package’

  Piccadilly Gardens was cordoned off by police today following reports of a suspicious package. Parts of the city centre were sealed off following the...

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3rd May 2019 | By Pete Murray

Labour holds tight in Salford – and elects a MMU alumna to city council